A few days later, Randolph almost shed tears while holding a Spatial Ring in his hand. The ammunition finally arrived!
I was too confident before I came here, thinking that I could solve the problem by just bringing a few priests. Now it seems that I thought that Claire was too simple, and I thought that I was too strong.
The Pope seemed to have expected it, and Spatial Ring containing one million Gold Coins was quickly sent over. There's nothing I can do if I don't send it! Later, the church's face will be lost, and a bishop-level clergy will not even have a place to live. If this continues, he will starve to death in Nafu City.
Randolph clutched the Spatial Ring tightly, and his firm belief returned to his eyes. He looked directly at the Baronial Manor and said word for word, "This time! I will definitely not lose! I will never underestimate you again! Claire, you have no chance!"
"Master! Those priests are causing trouble again!" Regan trotted over to report.
"Huh?" Claire responded in a low voice, "What's the matter?"
"They distribute eggs, flour and other daily necessities on the street. As long as you listen to their preaching, you can get those things for free."
Hearing this, Claire was in a daze. Distributing daily necessities to the residents for free felt like a previous life. He was promoting the progress of the times.
"What's the current situation of those workers?"
"The materials they distributed are about the same as the price of our overtime work. Some workers have stopped working overtime and have gone to listen to the priests talking about these crazy things."
Claire nodded, he had expected this, and waved his hand. "In that case, let's just cancel overtime work."
"Do you really want it? There are still some workers who are willing to work overtime and contribute to Nafu City and Master you."
"Over time, when they see others earning income without working, they feel unbalanced. It is better to cancel overtime."
Claire does not want to engage in a "price war" with the other party. It is easy to increase wages and overtime money, but it is difficult to lower them. But the other party is different. People's expectations for them are not that high. They can distribute benefits and materials in the name of divine grace, and no one will say anything when they are distributed later.
But their overtime pay and wages are different. This is the income from their labor. If it increases, it will not only have a blow to the relatively stable economy in Nafu City. After the increase and then decrease later, those workers will also feel some dissatisfaction. This is not what Claire wants to see.
Regan thought for a moment, "I didn't think it through properly." Then he asked, "Then what should we do next?"
Claire frowned and thought for a moment, "Let Water Cloud Beast try and see if the rain can drive the crowd away. Now they don't even have a church, and there is no shelter from the rain in the open space."
"Yes!" Regan bent over and retreated.
Claire rubbed his fingers together. This matter is starting to get a little difficult. Sure enough, the church is a tough bullshit plaster. It is hard for a bishop-level cleric to kill the other party directly. If a bishop dies in Nafu City, the impact will be huge. That's a big deal. Regardless of whether he did it himself or not, he will definitely be listed as the first suspect. What's more, if he wants to kill the other party, the superiors will definitely send someone to investigate him. The church has so many methods. If he is not fully sure, Claire will not consider this matter.
About ten minutes later, Regan opened the door again and walked in, looking a little anxious.
"What's wrong?" Claire asked with focused eyes.
Regan replied breathlessly, "They used magic and created a large semi-arc magic barrier to keep the rain out."
"Magic?" Claire muttered, "Do any of them know how to use magic?"
Magic and Divine Arts are opposites. Generally speaking, except for some special institutions within religion, most preachers practice Divine Arts, and the direction is also some auxiliary Divine Arts, mainly to soothe people's hearts and souls.
"It seems to be using Magic Scroll." Regan replied.
Claire narrowed his eyes, "This spell sounds like a third-level air barrier. Magic Scroll would cost thousands of Gold Coins. They are really willing to do it for a missionary activity with hundreds of people."
"Then what should we do?" Regan asked anxiously.
"If they have money, let them burn it." Claire said calmly. He really had nothing to do with the other party. They had already done this, so it was impossible to crush the other party's Magic Shield on the spot. It wasn't time to overturn the table yet, so take your time.
In the next few days, Randolph finally breathed a sigh of relief, and Claire finally stopped attacking him. The missionary activities these days were going very smoothly.
Except that the children were locked in the school and could not come to participate in the missionary activities, everyone else was satisfied. At least many residents in Nafu City have gotten to know him. They know that there is a new Bishop Randolph in Nafu City, and some people greet him when he walks on the road.
The only bad thing is that it costs so much money! Almost more than a thousand Gold Coins are burned every day. In the past, Nafu City couldn't turn in so much money in a damn year, but fortunately, the Pope in the royal capital didn't care about the expenses in this area. He only thought it could play a role. What he looked at was Nafu City's future. As long as he established a firm foothold first, all the Gold Coins he had paid now would come back in the future.
Nafu City's construction team moved very quickly. Some residents who lived in the hotel also returned to their new houses. Randolph also successfully rented a few rooms. Finally, they no longer had to wander outside. It was extremely difficult to even wash and eat.
Everything is developing for the better and better. Randolph feels that although it will be a little slower, he will move towards victory step by step! He was full of confidence again!
While Claire was reading books in the room, Regan's voice came from outside the door.
"Master, there is a lady outside looking for you!"
Claire raised his head and replied, "I understand, tell her to come in."
Regan was a little worried. Since the priests over there were becoming more and more proud day by day and the young master didn't react much, Regan began to wonder if his young master couldn't bear the blow and became silent.
So he asked with concern, "Master, you don't have to worry too much about the priests. The people of Nafu City must be leaning towards you in their hearts!"
Claire raised his eyes and looked at Regan, wondering. "What am I struggling with."
"Then why haven't you done anything these days?"
Claire smiled, "I'm waiting for this young lady to come to me."
Regan was a little surprised, so he asked, "Who is that lady outside the door?"
Claire said casually, "Wendy, a bard I met in the royal capital."
"Master Wendy?" Regan exclaimed.
"You know him too?" Claire didn't even know that Wendy was so famous.
"Of course, the story of our Nafu City mermaid was told by her! If it weren't for her, Nafu City probably wouldn't have so many tourists now." Regan replied, although Claire had previously ordered him to get Nafu City The news that E had a mermaid here spread to every corner of the kingdom, but the relationship between him and Wendy was never mentioned, so Regan did not know that Claire and Wendy knew each other.
He had always thought that his young master was smart and witty, and had borrowed the style of Wendy's mermaid story that was popular all over the country to promote Nafu City.
Claire just smiled without explaining too much. He didn't need to explain these things clearly to Regan to prove how powerful he was.
"Hurry up and call them in. How long have you been staying outside?"